I had a lot of bad luck during the first half of this seasonRandall's illness was only bad luck

to bring (sb) (good) luck/bad lucktraer buena/mala suerte (a algn)

to kill a spider brings bad luckit brought us nothing but bad luckit was believed to bring luck in battleJean was extremely superstitious and believed the colour green brought bad luckshe had brought ill luck into her familytourists touch the ring in the hope that it will bring them luckhe remained convinced a new suit would bring him luck

to have the (good) luck/bad luck to do sthtener la (buena) suerte/mala suerte de hacer algo;it's good/bad luck to see a black catcruzarse con un gato negro trae buena/mala suerte

I had the luck to spot a policemanhe did have the good luck to be buried in a spectacular, gold-filled tombI felt sorry for him for having had the bad luck to marry meif only I'd had the luck to be born with an American passportI knew I needed a bit of luck to winthe Sri Lankans have been having no luck with the weatherit was pure luck I chose that moment to make the callof all the rotten luck!he left nothing at all to luck

any luck?¿hubo suerte?

beginner's lucksuerte (f) del principiante

best of luck!¡muchísima suerte!;¡que tengas suerte!

and the best of luck!¡Dios te la depare buena! (ironic)

better luck next time!¡a la tercera va la vencida!

that was a bit of luck!¡eso fue un golpe de suerte!

they succeeded more [by] luck than judgement

for luck: to keep sth for luckguardar algo por si trae suerte

once more for luck!¡una vez más por si trae suerte!;I think this is going to be a great photo, I'll take one more for luckcreo que este va a ser una foto bonita, tomaré una más por si acaso

[take] this for luck

as luck would have it ...quiso la suerte que ...

as luck would have it there was one ticket leftas luck would have it the camera jammed just as I tried to take a picture

his luck held and no one detected himsiguió con su racha de buena suerte y nadie lo descubrió

here's luck!(in toast)¡salud!

to be in luckestar de or con suerte

you're in luck - the doctor's still in

it would be just my luck to meet the bossmira que toparme con el jefe ... ¡solo me pasan a mí estas cosas!

it would be just his luck to miss the last boat

knowing my luckcon la suerte que tengo

no such luck!¡ojalá!

he must have been hoping for a relaxed time - no such luckyou mean, did anyone try to pick me up? - no such luck

you're pushing your luck a bit aren't you?don't push your luckI knew I was pushing my luck but I decided to risk itI pushed my luck and asked for his phone number

to have luck on one's sidetener la suerte de su parte

luck was on their sidela suerte estaba de su parte

Rick seems to have had luck on his side during his 12-year acting careerLondon has so far had luck on its side with three massive IRA bombs failing to detonate

that was a stroke of luck!¡eso fue un golpe de suerte!

to trust to luckhacer las cosas a la buena de Dios

the assertive person will not sit back and trust to luckmust we trust to luck or divine intervention - is there nothing practical we can do?to [try] one's luckRobert Nichols went off to try his luck in Hollywoodshe was going to try her luck at the Las Vegas casinosI'll never get a job here - I'm thinking of trying my luck in LondonI've been trying my luck in competitions for yearsactress Britt Ekland is to try her luck as a novelist

wish me luck!¡deséame suerte!

I wish them all the luck in the worldles deseo toda la suerte del mundo

with (any) luckcon (un poco de) suerte

with any luck he'll be outwe'll have a long talk and a good cry and then with any luck we'll both feel better

worse luckdesgraciadamente

her opponent, worse luck for her, was 17-year-old Magdalena Maleevahe could be at death's door but wouldn't say a word - /not that he ever was, worse luck/

to have the luck of the devil

have the devil's own luck

tener la suerte de los tontos

it's the luck of the drawes cuestión de suerte

there are no arrangements about who shares with whom - it's the luck of the draw

to be down on one's luckestar de mala racha

Malcolm found out what it was like to be down on his luck and cut off from homeI'm no two-bit Italian prince down on his luck, scrabbling for dimes

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